Moulin Rouge
by John Huston
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Actor: Claude Nollier, Jos? Ferrer, Katherine Kath, Suzanne Flon, Zsa Zsa GaborDirector: John Huston
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Moulin Rouge
Movie Review: Art; Life; the Gutter & the Chateau
Summary: 5 Stars
Among the most interesting aspects of this powerful story were the strong, if not subtle, contrasts. To get the niggles out of the way: many features jarred, to an extent: the dubbed singing, the easily detectable fake chin and nose, the completely unconvincing abbreviated legs. However, they didn't actually seem to matter. The story was rather simplistic, but that didn't seem to matter either. Somehow there was a truth to it, which completely escaped the Luhrmann production. Not that that was about Toulouse-Lautrec, anyway. There was an analysis of a spectrum of human reactions to the circumstances into which people happen to be born: as aristocrats who may not work but nevertheless have certain standards of conduct, as cripples who need to compensate, as prudent working women who make a go of it, as stars who can't cope, as alley-cats who sell themselves for their pimps. The performances were all perfectly good, within the constraints of the narrative. It seemed to be sentimental, but it actually wasn't. The dancing was terrific. The atmosphere might have been 50s Hollywood, but it nonetheless felt quite French. Curious final effect: the whole was better than the parts, and it's a definitely a film worth watching more than once.
Summary of Moulin Rouge
Nominated* for seven Academy Awards? (including Best Picture) and winner of two this visually stunning biography of master artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is a painting come to life (Time)! Flawlessly directed (The Hollywood Reporter) by John Huston (The African Queen) from a script by Anthony Veiller and Huston Moulin Rouge is simply irresistible (Newsweek)!As a dwarf Toulouse-Lautrec (Jose Ferrer) believes he s too ugly to ever fall in love. So he loses himself in painting and cognac. A fixture at Paris infamous turn-of-the-century Moulin Rouge nightclub Lautrec meets a girl from the street who then breaks his heart. Luckily newfound artistic success copious amounts of drink and friendship with a new woman keep him alive. Will he be able to mend his broken heart in time to recognize the true love now staring him in the face?System Requirements: Running Time 119 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?MUSIC DVD/DOCUMENTARY Rating:?NR UPC:?027616906892 Manufacturer No:?M102302It was one of the top 10 grossing films of 1952 and garnered seven Oscar nominations, but Moulin Rouge is neglected today. Not to be confused with the Baz Luhrmann-Nicole Kidman extravaganza, this is a color-soaked tale of Toulouse-Lautrec (Jose Ferrer), based on a romanticized novel about the artist's life. Director John Huston explores the discrepancy between the creation of exquisite art and the messy business of living--especially messy for the growth-stunted, alcoholic painter, whose affairs revolve around prostitutes. The soap-opera aspects of the storyline limit the picture (as does the distracting fact of Ferrer walking on his knees), but it has some gorgeous things in it. The experiments in color photography (which horrified the Technicolor people) are spectacularly successful, and the movie won Oscars for set decoration and costumes. George Auric's haunting melody became a standard, so lovely even the dubbed performance of Zsa Zsa Gabor couldn't hurt it. --Robert Horton
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